Article Name : TOYS $"$R$"$ US CANADA: IS PLAYTIME OVER?

How might a business identify its strategically valuable resources and capabilities?

When do these resources and capabilities create a sustained competitive advantage?

Under what conditions can a sustained competitive advantage be transferred across national boundaries?

Do all the advantages need to be transferable or only some?

Evaluate Toys $$R$$ Us resources and capabilities for value, rarity, inimitability, and non$-$substitutability, and using this, what are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Toys $$R$$ Us in Canada?

Does Toys $$R$$ Us have a sustained competitive advantage in Canada? Why or why not?

Is Toys $$R$$ Us well positioned in the Canadian toy industry? Why or why not?

Can Toys $$R$$ Us be successful by focusing only on its experiential shopping endeavours, or only on its digital experience?

Why are both necessary for the company$$s sustained competitive advantage?

Are consumers likely to value the changes Toys $$R$$ Us is proposing for its retail space? Why or why not?

Does Toys $$R$$ Us have a strong marketing mix as it moves toward the future in the Canadian toy industry? Why or why not?